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Thai Court to Rule in August on Royal Insult Case Against Thaksin Amid Political Crisis
A Thai criminal court is set to rule next month on a near decade-old royal defamation case against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, raising fresh risks for the head of the embattled political dynasty that controls the country's ruling party.
The court set the verdict for 10:00 a.m. on Aug. 22, after Thaksin testified in a trial that wrapped up on Wednesday, according to his lawyer Winyat Chatmontree. The 75-year-old Thaksin was formally charged in June last year for violating the country's lese majeste law, which protects the royal family from criticism, over comments he made to South Korean media in 2015.
